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Smruti Koppikar
Covid-19: Indian Women Urgently Need Gendered Response and Recovery Plan
12 Apr 2021
As with vaccine management, so with women hit by the pandemic—a year after the government knew what lay ahead, it has spectacularly failed to evolve a response.
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Unemployment Rate was 28.5% in Capital in Oct-Nov; for Women 54.7%: Delhi Govt Survey
18 Mar 2021
COVID-19 Disruption: Out of 89% of the unemployed people surveyed, 56% said they were without work for close to half a year and were still on the lookout for a job, said the report.
Ajaz Ashraf
Ironically, an OBC Prime Minister is Bringing about De-reservation: Justice Eswaraiah
02 Mar 2021
Rohini Commission is blindfolded in its search for a way to subcategorise OBC castes in the central list for reservation.
Sandip Chakraborty
Over 100 Hospitalised After Police Lathi-Charge on Left Youth March in Kolkata for Jobs
11 Feb 2021
Left and Congress call for 12-hour statewide ‘bandh’ on Friday against ‘brutal’ lathi-charge on students and youth as well on para-teachers recently, leaving several seriously injured.
Sandip Chakraborty
Kolkata: Scores of Women Protesters Beaten by Male Police in Protest for Jobs, Against Farm Laws
10 Feb 2021
Over 200 activists were arrested and the AIDWA said that the police barricaded their dharna venue and later “beat them up with lathis, kicked them in the abdomen, dragged them by the hair to the…
Sandip Chakraborty
Buses to Yellow Taxis to Car Pools – Transport Workers in Bengal Face Post-COVID Job Squeeze
02 Jan 2021
Even though lakhs of vehicles are not plying, they are still made to pay road tax, while workers are reeling under job losses and severe financial stress.
Sumedha Pal
Three Workers Fired from Delhi Hospital Allegedy for Putting up Pamphlets about Farmers’ Protest
24 Dec 2020
The workers were dismissed earlier this month. They were initially told that they were being punished for putting up the pamphlets inside the hospital premises. However, they were later informed that…
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: Govt. Slammed for Proposal of Five-Year Contractual Jobs for Group B and C Employees
14 Sep 2020
The employees will initially be recruited on contract basis for five years. These employees would not be entitled to allowances and other benefits like the permanent employees and their wages would…
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COVID-19: SC Admits Journalists’ Bodies Prayer Seeking Action Against Employers Sacking Scribes
29 Aug 2020
Given the spate of layoffs across newspapers, TV channels, magazines and digital outlets, the bodies have asked the court to issue directions for action against employers who have not complied by the…
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MP: Trade Unions across Political Hues Unite Against ‘Anti-Labour’ Reforms
09 May 2020
Labour unions including the CITU and INTUC and even the RSS-backed BMS will hold demonstrations against the reforms on May 11, calling the move ‘pro-capitalist’.